Witney Gazette December 3rd 2014. Sisters unite in requesting a public inquiry after each of their brothers died from starvation after their benefits were drastically cut.
Cathie Wood and Gill Thompson, sisters to Mark Wood of Bampton and David Clapson spoke of the "austerity war" at a public meeting in Witney. Mark died weighing just over four and a half stones after an assessment by Atos, for the DWP claimed he was fit to work and his disability benefit was cut. Similarly David, a diabetic, had his benefits were suspended and without electricity he could not refrigerate his insulin.
This article appeared in the Memory Lane section of the Witney Gazette March 4th 2015. It recalls a time when local residents lost patience waiting for Oxfordshire County Council to organise cleaning of the road-sides.
Carterton under pressure to have a 1000 home estate on its western edge as well as 700 on the eastern side. 250 already approved for the north. 2014 250 homes have got the go-ahead to be built on the northern edge of Carterton. All run-off from Carterton comes through Bampton so all building there affects us, particularly when we have heavy rain storms.
Flyer from Charlie Maynard reporting back to West Oxfordshire and Western Vale Resident about his campaign issues for the the Cost of Living Crisis, Sewage Problems, Green Spaces, Local Crime, and the Health Service
Flyer outlining Charlie Maynard's campaign ideas on behalf of the Witney Liberal Democrats in 2023. He was campaigning for the restoration of the railway line between Oxford Witney and Carterton, and to do something about the NHS underinvestment, the lack of Dentist Surgeries in West Oxfordshire, and the state of the Thames after sewage had been dumped by Thames Water.
Copy of the Conservative flyer asking for Champions in the Local Community and the interests of Local residents issued by West Oxfordshire Conservatives in 2023
At a meeting in 1934 there was considerable discord and some not very pleasant behaviour between councillors all to do with getting fresh water to Bampton.
Properties in Mercury Close had been empty for quite some time since they were no longer used by personnel from USAF based at Fairford. Local MP Douglas Hurd came to see the vandalism to the properties.
